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Newspaper
Francesville Tribune
Location
Francesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1908
Page
8
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Roush hosted a Christmas dinner for a select group. Guests included Mr. and Mrs Frank Roush of Frankfort, Mr. and Mrs W. B. Green, Mr. and Mrs. John Hancock, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Gottier and Miss Beatrice Gottier.
In listing from Axrr and Mutira auctioneers the sale features farming implements including wagons plows cultivators harrows and harness as well as household furniture and food items. Credit terms offer 12 months at 8 percent interest or 6 percent cash discount.
Washington announces Miss Theodora Shonts engaged to Duc de Chaulnes et De Picquiny of France after a lengthy courtship. The Shonts family notes the engagement follows opposition and a wish for a American match, with the wedding set for January in New York. The Duc arrives from New York to France, with relatives planned for the ceremony. Theodora, 20, is a skilled linguist and daughter of Mr and Mrs Theodore P Shonts. Her maternal grandfather was the late Gov Drake of Iowa.
Gold coins issued by the U S mints bear the Indian head portrait from Augustus Saint Gaudens final work. The model was Vermont waitress Mary Cunningham who posed at his home after he discovered her while she served him.
In Washington society the Turkish minister Mehmed Ali Bey draws attention with his wife sister in law and eight children including daughter Sherife eight who attends a public school and acts as interpreter. The family, in a modern district, prompts questions on modernization of Ottoman women and potential embassy status. Sherife’s curiosity about cameras and Teddy bears signals cultural blend.
French law empowers village and commune authorities to regulate all posters. No one may deface streets with crude notices and billboards in Paris are rare and wall built, taxed by area. Construction screening and temporary posters require prior authorization and canceled revenue stamps per sheet.
Workmen restoring the Revere house in Boston's North End uncover an old four foot six inch diameter well fully planked in oak. Also found are two pieces of Lowestoft china a cup fragment and a saucer fragment along with an old half dollar and a large copper cent from 2844 as part of ongoing excavations.
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